Good Shepherd Center
The community learning garden at the Good Shepherd Center has been a place to learn, grow and connect since the early 1980s. This garden features a solar greenhouse, a rain garden, worm bins and a variety of demonstration compost systems. There are many perennial plantings including Pacific Northwest native...
Bradner Gardens Park
Bradner Gardens Park in Seattle’s Mt. Baker neighborhood is a unique, collaborative space supported by partnerships among Seattle Parks, neighborhood residents, the Department of Neighborhood’s P-Patch program, and nonprofits like Tilth Alliance, Washington Native Plant Society and King County Master Gardeners. The Tilth Alliance learning garden at Bradner Gardens...
Farm Stand at Rainier Beach Urban Farm & Wetlands
Visit our farm stand for your seasonal favorites while helping to support local farmers. Buy local right in Rainier Beach! The Farm Stand offers an abundance of fresh vegetables, herbs, fruit, flowers, eggs, honey, and other agricultural products. Available products include produce and flowers grown right at our farm...
National Nonprofit Opens Affiliate Program in Seattle
The Giving Grove, a national nonprofit serving food insecure communities, announces today it will expand into Seattle in partnership with Tilth Alliance, a Seattle nonprofit that works in community with Washington farmers, gardeners and eaters to build a sustainable, healthy and equitable food future.
Our Partners & Supporters
We believe more is achieved when we act together! We are grateful to be in community with these partners and supporters. Atlantic Street Family Resource Center • Beet Box • Bellwether Housing • Casa Latina • Friends of the Children • Foster Foundation • Imagine Housing • International Rescue...
Urban Farms & Gardens
We use farms, gardens and kitchens as classrooms for hands-on education, teaching gardening, agriculture, nutrition and science to people of all ages.
The Garden Bartender: Cinnamon Persimmon Old Fashioned
By Colin Groark, Environmental Programs Director We’ve been watching the mighty persimmon tree outside the Good Shepherd Center with eagerness and anxiety. Eager to rip into the Asian fruit’s thick, pulpy flesh; anxious that the squirrels and bugs might beat us to it. Deriving from the Greek word “diospyros” meaning “divine fruit” or “wheat...
What Does “Tilth” Mean, Anyway?
Seattle Tilth. The “Seattle” part is easy enough to figure out, but have you ever wondered what “Tilth” means and why it’s part of our name? You’re not alone! This is one of our most frequently asked questions and has only become more common as we explore a merger with...
Meet the Mason Bee, Your Pollinator Pal
By Jennifer Crouch Beneficial pollinators are one of the secrets to a healthy organic garden, and the most well-known of these gardener’s friends is the honeybee. But did you know that these charming little pollinators aren’t native to North America? Honeybees first arrived with European immigrants in the 1600s,...